Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-27
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Yesterday afternoon the Rspabiisaa
oommittes - tsn net and Z assnsssd tie
preiiminsries ieokinR toward q msatsng
with she Democratic eommtttse IN sSs
evening. TIE kepahiioa1 ocDE1fttees
although cFiai0afina vita s6s csiEs1a
tora Of ooalifisn. have not been ~ aay
means e forward With tier tteket -
have been tee DemocFatie e0ms8tses.
The latter asens 10 have q veil dsGzsd
potion Of wbss they ssFs sbcuf, Vnat
they vsnaed and what tosg sxpseted 90
get, from the Erss mpyemeht of tbelr
appointEasnf. Tbs kscaclisso eommit-
Zee. on The other hand. has a0t, 80 TAR
e. has been minated 10 Iszss ~ ths
msmbers, aous f1rthsF than tbe nan
ton aud diseazsisn o. maitltgds Of
coed men. npon none u wnOn, bcg-
ever, ooald tssJ osntsF Tor aay OF ths
efacDa.
AsGKEksLE 70 poTH.
YesteFdsy afteFBooa Il go iutimated
By srsmheEs Of thts COMMITTEES thst B.
n. kolzn, q pFo1inent merchants and
Bepubliean and whose naDs bad been
suggested las previously fep0gtea1 b. .
memher Of the Uemoagarie committee,
w0uld Be acceptable - tee canataais
for Mayer. THIS Was before toe meet
AME u us MAA1AAalfH4 A0AetNAr E44lA -
change OF sentiment vas eansed there Il
vas NOS made known.
The Demoosatia Commiiiss met early
10 the evening sboat an hour befsFe the
Joint session teok piace and continued
10 session ustii adjgurned - meet TIE
ofhef half, abtcb vas called 70 assemble
81 the CouFt Houss az half past
TnE FguoN TICKET.
The Joint ooumitsae met at 10 and
the following ticket vas plaesd ~ ron
nation without much discussion
Mayor. JadRe Ira Toars. Republican;
Treasurer, NJ. ~. Tayior, DsmoeEai;
City AtloFney. Th0mes Carroll, Demo.
Graf; Surveyor. O. O. Bean, Mnguump;
Street Commissioner, Joaeph HodRi0f;
Councilman. First Ward, T.. A. Collins.
Democrat; second. !. II. houghten, Re
pabiiesn, Third, Wm. siErzm, hepub-
liau; FeuFth, John Horsfsli. DemsoEat.
The Democrats conceded the offiee Of
Mayor 20 the hepublicaua, aad tie
names Of Towns, RolAn and CaaghFan
we're suggested, and Tovns reesiVed
nsioEity Of tie votes. For Treasurer
~. ~. Taylor, W. Is. Kelly and Levi
Shelton we're suggested. with the choice
ms stated.
THAT ssooUkLMfK BRANCH.
The reported baiidiag Of tbs branch
road 20 toe Sn0qaaimis iron miass, pub
ishsd 10 the P0sr INIKLLI0KsoKs af
yesterday. vas generally dseiAFed by
Northern Pasihe oitisiass, whe were
questioned about Il. 90 be without fsua
cation IN fsat, bat u IL generally cred
tied by others. Said prominent ZEAL
estate agent, Ia apeskiaR a9gut ii: 'fhe
fact that the high officials Of the Taco
ma Coal Compasy seem % have been
the first who we're admitted into the
confidence Of the company IN tbs mat
ter 10 auf1cient 10 c0utFm The reported
assertion OF General Anderson that
work bad alresdy besn began up5n the
bFanoh. This, 0f o0ugsc, when u is an.
derstood that the road will b very
largely 10 the bane6t OF the Coal Con-,
pany. designed--as Il was reported 10 be
TO connect the iron regions with tho-s
Of the ooel aud coke. The branch
would be chiefly valuable 10 the iron,
coal and railroad companies. Toe
mpany voaid not admit the plan Of :
branch. of course, as they do NOS want
u knswn, bus there Is no doubt that the
branch will be buiit.a
THEY KNEW HMR.
A recent telegram from San FRANCHISES
announced the Feleas8 Of Mrs Josephiue
Higgins upon her own reeogns tness u
5000, Mrs. Higgins having been tried
for the mardeE OF hsF husband, whom
she IL alleged 10 have stabbed 70 death
on tha ltth Of last September. she va
tried and the Assistant Distriet Attorney
asked for her release as be had 10 hope
81 oonsiciing her. she was released
with the caution that she lead proper
life. Residents Of the First Ward Of
this city remember the Higgins family
- nstghbofs about two years ago. Jast
where they came from vas not knoWn,
bat they cane quietly, lived there
quietly for some months and went
quietly away. The hasband-the same
Who was stabbed-ssonred work at the
mill, and was orderly anj industrious
eli the time Of their residences in the
plaee. while there lelseran announe
ing the death u Mrs. Hisgins' father
developed the fact that she was the
daughter OF SOrid-fonovned spirit
uaiiss. mind reader OF something OF that
soFi.
Az ACCOM- 1pkTISG oYTIoE
The Poar-iNTKIAIoENcKR man on his
way TO town yesterday morniaq met his
ofiiae coming down street 90 meet him
that is. what was his oEise a short
time since. Tuere has been quite =
panic anionR the wooden buildings Of
Pacific avenue recently and they have.
one after the other, haeksd out obts
Railroad street and rolled down that
thoroughfare 10 some comfortable loca-
ton onto Which they havs backed Ike
crab and settled down as II 10 rsmAia.
OF course, these eeoantflc maREuvers
have BEEN more or less assisted and en-
eo1faeed BY a whole lot 90 men and
iAekscFsws. bat sneh details 80 raid not
figure Ia q stampede OF woodss build
ings. The last Of thsse 10 develop the
notion Of migrating was the Campbell
and Powell bailding. lately 0seagied Ia
part BY the PosT- tSTsLLIaEScER a. its
branch otiios, and yesterday morning Il
was encountered sanntenng down Rail
road street With q view OF locating
soushward. TIE departure Of these
wooden affairs has left a vaeaney ia the
top graphy OF Pacihe avenue that re-
eenblea that in mans faea when be
has last had three % DIS sgont teeth
pulled. In this vacancy large ores uefe
raging yeai efd " closely watched, he's
ever, which we're rapidly consuming the
debris left behind. and waFkmen are
air adY engaged In preparing ths way
for Substantial brick buildings.
KNIGHTS oF LABOR REApgSo a0aM.
Tue Knights Of Labor OF Tacoma
have Tor more than \ year pass s1s-
tanned a free reading room heated Ia
The Mann hleek, PAosAa avenue, neaf
Ninth street. II hss bscogpe veil
established institution OF The city, anA
Il ~ computed t6At the nnmher who "a.
tered the room earins The uiuter
months averaged ever 100 per week
Tue tshles are furnished with a Large
quantity % The cuFEent literature % sha
day. TIE roosos are bright. cheerful and
well cared Ter, ana 90 thc Whole STE
rooms are q thinR ef cEe3stable Pride o.
The knishts Of Labor. wha look forward
20 time when other abrasive features
gill be added 10 The eonveFsAtiin aud
reading Fooess. 1hs hesitation Il sas-
tanned chisat by tie proeeods fron
embellishments 81 sesai-oc,sxianaf o.
correnee. oae ~ ihess viii be sivsn AZ
she AlEha OperA Il 'ose this evening.
TIE programme " varied ard sffoag
one. gfaeed With sach names a. Miss
Isammsy. Mrs, a. u Everest. Prot. Al
bart WbNta Nia4 HAN ntfsv "A at.r,zx